EXPERIENCE

Air Quality Assessments and Peer Reviews

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Some examples of assessment work undertaken by SES Air Quality for clients in recent years:

 

• Assessment and modelling of cremator discharges in Havelock North, Levin, Christchurch, Dunedin, Rangiora, Invercargill, Timaru, Alexandra, Richmond, Blenheim and Palmerston North.

• Assessment and dispersion modelling of boilers burning wood chips, wood pellets and coal for a large commercial laundry with locations in Christchurch, Invercargill, Nelson and Richmond.

• Assessment of odour effects from a composting facility in Selwyn District and preparation of evidence for the Environment Court.

• Expert advice to a submitter opposing an asphalt plant in Tasman District, including presenting evidence at the hearing and participating in mediation.

• Regular expert peer reviews of air discharge permit assessments for Councils in Canterbury, Otago, Southland and Marlborough.

• Air quality advice and expert evidence on dust and fine particulate matter effects for a submitter to a gold mining application at Millers Flat, Central Otago

• Assessment and expert evidence for a new pet cremator in Wakefield, Tasman District.

• Assessments including dispersion modelling for numerous boilers and generators across NZ, burning biomass, diesel, light fuel oil, recycled oil, wood pellets, gas and coal.

• Assessment of odour effects of a dairy effluent spreading operation near Waimate.

• Peer review and expert evidence for a sewer pumping station in Wanaka.

• Assessment of landfill odour for a proposed development at Victoria Flat, near Queenstown.

• Assessment and dispersion modelling of solvent and isocyanate emissions from a large bus spray painting facility in Rolleston.

• Assessment and expert evidence for a sludge drying operation near Wanaka.

• Assessment of solvent and ozone emissions from a printing business in Christchurch.

• Assessment of dust effects of a quarry expansion in Selwyn District.

• Expert evidence and assessment for a large cable manufacturing operation in Christchurch.

• Expert evidence and assessment for an engine testing facility at Christchurch Airport.

• Assessment of odour and combustion product discharges for a meat processing plant at Belfast, Christchurch.

• Expert evidence and assessment relating to styrene emissions from a composite benchtop manufacturer in Christchurch.

• Assessment of spray painting and powder coating discharges from a window treatments operation in Christchurch.

• Assessment of discharges from spray painting aircraft in a hangar at Christchurch Airport.

• Presentation of expert evidence to the Environment Court for gas-fired cremator at Brightwater, Richmond.

• Expert odour evidence to a plan change hearing at Belfast, Christchurch relating to reverse sensitivity effects of a proposed development on an existing tannery.

• Assessment of discharges from asphalt plants in Nelson and Christchurch.

• Assessment of emissions from lime drying in South Canterbury.

• Expert evidence and dust assessment for a large contracting yard and bulk storage operation in Yaldhurst, Christchurch.

• Assessments of odour and dust effects for Resource Recovery Parks in the Mackenzie District.

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Commissioner Appointments

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Some examples of John’s commissioner decisions in recent years:

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• Lawter NZ processing plant, Tauranga

• Burnham 2020 aggregate quarry, Canterbury (chair)

• Point Lumber, Canterbury (sole commissioner)

• Southern Landfill extension, Wellington

• Higgins asphalt plant, Tauranga

• Agright chicken broiler farm, Canterbury (sole commissioner)

• Genera fumigation activities at the Port of Tauranga (chair)

• Lyttelton Port coal stockpile and handling (sole commissioner)

• Addiction Foods pet food manufacturing, Te Puke (sole commissioner)

• Springdale Farm poultry shed expansion, Waikato

• Ziwi pet food manufacturing, Tauranga

• Airport Farm broiler chicken operation, New Plymouth

• Cromwell Certified Concrete quarry expansion, Cromwell (sole commissioner)

• Fonterra Hautapu dairy plant, Waikato

• Kiwi Lumber timber mill, Masterton (chair)

• NCI can manufacturing plant, Upper Hutt (chair)

• Taggart Earthmoving proposed aggregate quarry, Rangiora

• Tuakau Proteins rendering plant, Waikato

• Tegel Hornby poultry processing plant (sole commissioner)

• Plan Change 13 (Air Quality) to the Bay of Plenty Regional Natural Resources Plan

• Southern Proteins rendering plant, Timaru (sole commissioner)

• Nelson Regional Sewerage treatment plant, Nelson/Tasman

• McLenaghan Contracting yard, Selwyn District (sole commissioner)

• Road Metals Company aggregate quarry, Yaldhurst

• Plan Change 3 to the Nelson Air Quality Plan

• Lamond Poultry proposed chicken farm, Selwyn District (sole commissioner)

• Taylor Preston abattoir and rendering plant, Wellington

• Tegel Foods chicken broiler farm, Southbridge (sole commissioner)

• TW Transport composting, Oxford (sole commissioner)

• Fonterra Studholme dairy plant expansion, Waimate

• SOL Quarries aggregate quarrying, Yaldhurst (chair)

• Environment Southland Regional Air Plan (chair)